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- AUTOMATIC sToPPLE AND NONQREFILLABLE BOTTLE. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

'.Patented March 13, 1906.

Application vfiled August 24,1905. vSerial No. 275,563.

To all whom/ it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, .ALFRED H. Cox', a citi'- zen of the United States,and a resident of the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamiluseconjointly or otherwise willbe apparent from the following. descriptionand claims.

In the accompanying drawings, making a part of this application, Figure1 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in section, of the upperportion of a bottle and its accompaniments, illustrating my invention.The section is a vertical central one. Fig. 2 is a view in perspectiveof theupper portion of the same bottle referred to in Fig. 1. The partswithin the bottle are indicated by. dotted lines. Fig..3 is aperspective view of the main cork, but inverted. Fig. 4 shows inperspective the cork shown in Fi 3 inverted, butv presents a modifiedkind o the detents vfor keeping the ball-stopple from coming intocontact with this cork. Fig. 5 is a `perspec- 4the body of the bottle.

tive view of the upper cork inverted. In Fig. 6 the ball-stopple is leftin elevation but the remainder ofthe figure is a vertical centralsection of the upper part ofthe bottle, where the main cork is presentand the top cork is dispensed with. y

The body A of the bottle is of any suitable conformation. The-neck B hasa passage which connects '.th'e free-that is, the deliveryfend B2 of theneck with the' chamber C of That portion D of thepassage of theneck'which is nearest the delivery end thereof has `at its lower orinner lend an annular shoulder or projection D2.'k Within this passageportion D Vand with its lower edge resting upon this annular shoulder D2is the main or. primary cork E. This cork iits tightly into the neck, sothat when it is once pressed into theneck and moved downv It can be ce-yto place it will remain there. mented also, if desired; but'whenelastic, as

preferred,r it will remain without cement. `The'lower edge of this corkE is providedwith. 4projections F. These may be integral with lthe cork,as shown in Fig. V3, or they may bel connected thereto by-being insertedtherein or otherwise thereto.V One description of the last-named kind ofprojections is shown 1n face of the ball` H, with which it comes into as.the bottle is inverted this ball-stopple II `will move toward'the 'exitendofthe bottle the case may be.

Fig. 4, wherein the projections are indicated by the character F2.` Theinner edge portionV E2- kof the cork E is rounded or beveled, so

that when the bottle is inverted the liquidin the bottle shall readilyrun past this edge and nothing remain thereon. This primarycork E has apassage G through it.4 In this passage Gr, I locate the ball-stopple II.The latter is of a diameter somewhat greater than the diameter of thepassa e Gr.v Consequentlywhen this ball-Stopp e H is pushed therein itwill vstay there, being held fast by the elasticity of the cork E untilmoved by human agency. f yBelowthe passage D and the annular shoulder D2isy a lconnecting-passage J. At'the y lower part .or end of thispassageJ in an annular iiange K. 4 The upper part of this flange is concaved,so as to closely fit the surcontaot when the ball descends.

, In practice the cork E is first located in the neck of the bottle. Thebottle is then filled by pouring the liquid it is to hold throughthe-passa e Gr of this cork. When the bottle has been uly filled, Iintroduce the ball-stople I-I within the cork E, as indicated by solidines in Figs. l and 6. When some or all of .the contents of the bottleare to be removed.

therefrom, the bottle-stopple is pushed von downthrough the vpassage`Gruntil it comes intov the passage J. It being preferably of stone orglass and heavy will immediately fall and rest upon the annular flangeK. As soon and willrest-against the projections F or F2, as Theseprojections holdl it back; otherwise it would close the passage G of thecork E. Being held back, the liquid freely 9 5 runs at the sides of-itand past it and through passage G, and so on and out kof the delivery 1end of the neck of the bottle. As soon as the desired amount of liquidis drawn the bottle is of course stood neck end up'. The ball I-Idescends 1 oo and rests on the annular flan e K andv closes thepassage-way through the v ange. It thus practically seals or eorksA thebottle. The gases, &c.', are therebyprevented from leav-A ing thebottle, and the outer air is prevented i o 5 from reaching the contentsofthe bottle. So, also, insects are prevented from reaching the liquid.:The advantagesof thus preventing ingress to the contents of the bottleand(` I of preventing theiregress therefrom are ,obrio bottom of thecork M is preferably extended,

as shown, in the projection M2, and this is of a diameter sufficient toclosely and under a slight compression enter into and lill the upper endof the passage G of the cork E. If the part M2 be omitted, the cork Mwill be, as shown, above the line M3 of Fig. l. This ball-stoppleprevents the bottle from being readily reilled, because whenever thebottle is placed in a position so upright as to enable it to be readilyfilled the ball will move down onto the seat K and close the passage-wayfrom the neck into the body of the bottle. Should it be attemptedtoviill the bottle when the neck is horizontal or when the bottle isinverted, the filling of the bottle will be a very slow operation andone not economical. Should an attempt be made to fill the bottlerapidly, the rapid ingoing stream of liquid would force the ball againstthe shoulder K and close the oriiice. Hence the bottle is practicallynot rellable.

The bottle may have a suitable seal or cap over the cork E when theconstruction is limited, as shown in Fig. 6. So, also, the cork M mayhave a seal or cap over it when the fuller construction shown in Fig. lis used. The opening of the bottle breaks the seal. This breakage of theseal, as well as the presence of the ball-stopple -below the cork, putsthe user on his guard that the li uid put into this bottle by themerchant, dea er, or other person, rm, or corporation whose seal was onthis bottle has no doubt been tampered with. What I claim as new and ofmy invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a bottle, the neck B having a passage D, the annular shoulder D2at the end of said passage, an annular cork or sleeve E having thecentral passage G and provided with the lower projections, and aremovable cork having a central lower stopple extension M2 located inthe passage G of the cork E, the neck having the lower passage J, aball-stopple H adapted to be received within the cork E, the annulariiange K at the lower part of the passage J, adapted to receive theballstopple H, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. In a bottle, the neck B having a assage D, and a passage J, anannular shou der D2, between said passages, an annular cork or sleeve Ewithin the neck and having the central passage G, and seated on theshoulder D2, a ball-stopple H adapted to be received into the passage G,an annular iiange K at the bottom of passage J, adapted to seat theballstopple H, and means for preventing the ballstopple, when in passageJ, the bottle being inverted, from closing the passage-way of the corkE, and a removable cork iaving a central lower stopple extension M2,located in the passage G, substantially as and for the purposesspeciiied.

3. In a bottle, the neck B having a passage D, and a passage J, anannular shoulder D2 between said passages,` an annular cork or sleeve Ewithin the neck and having the central passage G, and seated on theshoulder D2, a ball-stopple H adapted to be received into the passage G,an annular flange K at the bottom of passage J adapted to seat theballstopple H, and means for preventing the ballstopple, when in passageJ, the bottle being inverted, from closing the passage-way of the corkE, and a removable cork, whose outer lower edge rests on the upper edgeof the cork E, substantially as and for the purposes speciiied.

4. In a bottle, the neck B, having a )assage D and a passage J, anannular shoulder D2 between said passages, an annular flange K at thebottom of passage'J, an annular cork or sleeve E, having a centralpassage-way through it, this sleeve seated on the shoulder D2, aball-stopple H ada ted to be received into..the passage G, and w ien inpassage J receivable on the seat K, and means for preventing thestopple, when the bottle is inverted, from seating itself in the passageG, sustantially as and for the purposes speci- 5. In a bottle, the neckB, having a assage D and a4 passage J, an annular shou der D2 betweensaid passages, an annular iange K at the bottom of passage J, an annularcork or sleeve E, having a central passage-way through it, this sleeveseated on the shoulder D2, the sleeve E being provided with theprojections at its under side, substantially as and for the purposesspeciiied.

ALFRED H. COX.

Attest:

JOHN E. FITZPATRICK, K. SMITH.

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